Brownies, Guides and Rainbows are getting the chance to earn a special badge this year to celebrate the centenary of women winning the right to vote. Netherton Brownies started their Votes for Women Challenge Badge on 12th February 2018, and they have kindly shared their tweets with us so you can see how they’re getting on. We wish them well.

Watched #Suffragette tonight and I’m very proud to be starting a Special Challenge Badge with my Brownies on Monday about Votes for Women. We won’t be smashing windows or blowing up postboxes but I’ll certainly be explaining why women had to do that, & how far we’ve come. pic.twitter.com/xh3NflTkbx

We started our #vote100 Challenge Badge this week. The girls formed two political parties (Starbucks Unicorn Party & Dancing Dogs Party), had a debate about dogs being banned from the area and their reasons why, and then voted. pic.twitter.com/djDaxtyQB8

We’ve worked on our “Votes for Women” Challenge Badge tonight. We were tied together so we could work together with one hand each to wrap a book, butter bread, plait hair and tie a shoelace. pic.twitter.com/Ayj4AtOnam

100 little deeds for local democracy

To celebrate Vote 100, we’re sharing 100 little ways that citizens in Kirklees are doing something to strengthen our local democracy. If you’ve been inspired by Netherton Brownies, why not run an activity in your group or school to help our young citizens learn about voting? We’d love to hear how you get on: Share your little deeds for local democracy

This year artist Amy Hirst is asking people what their reasons are for voting.

Inspired by a 105 year old pamphlet from the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies called “Some Reasons Why Working Women Want the Vote”, Amy ran a market stall at Huddersfield Open Market on Thursday 15th February 2018. She asked shoppers why they think it’s important to vote. Their reasons were really interesting and you can have a look at some of them here:

Amy hopes to repeat this exercise later in the year – so look out for more reasons to vote, and please share your own. You can see more of Amy’s activities in this twitter moment:

100 little deeds for local democracy

To celebrate Vote 100, we’re sharing 100 little ways that citizens in Kirklees are doing something to strengthen our local democracy. If you’ve been inspired by Amy’s little deed for democracy, why not show people the pamphlet, spend some time talking about reasons for voting and collect some more reasons? We’d love to hear how you get on: Share your little deeds for local democracy